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Read the definitions, then label the outer layers of the Earth.
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Continental Crust: the thick parts of the Earth’s crust, not located under the ocean.
Lithosphere: the crust plus the rigid, upper mantle.
Lower Mantle (semi-rigid): the deepest parts of the mantle, just above the core.
Mohorovicic discontinuity: separates the crust and the upper mantle.
Oceanic Crust: thin parts of the Earth’s crust located under the oceans.
Ocean: large bodies of water sitting atop oceanic crust.
Upper Mantle (flowing) = Asthenosphere: the lower part of the upper mantle that exhibits plastic (flowing) properties. It is located below the lithosphere (the crust and upper mantle).
Upper Mantle (rigid): the uppermost part of the mantle, part of the Lithosphere.